Rough, Tough, and Sweet too!

In addition to all the sword fighting, hitting, and tackling... our home has a lot of cuddling.  It is usually a rough kind of cuddling, but it works!

Easton had to trap Declan to get this love...

 

The Life of a Box

We received a new box in the mail today loaded with diapers.  It lasted only 2 minutes.  Here is a life of a box in our house...

We are no respecter of boxes... even small ones keep the boys entertained...

Catapult

We've enjoyed some beautiful days this winter.  The boys decided to make a catapult this afternoon.  They were outside from 12-5 and I can't remember a single dispute.  It was one of those days a mom lives for.
The basic premise behind the catapult was this...animals will come up and push on the end (at one point there were some pretzel sticks balanced on the top) and then the rocks will flip up and kill the animals.  We've recently talked about David and Gloliath so the boys understand that it only takes 1 rock to kill something.  Then Easton planned on cutting up the animals, cooking them in the fire, and eating them.  He was hoping for a deer.

Declan enjoyed hanging out in the dirt with the big boys.

Children's Museum

David had a day off work so we decided to take a day trip to the Winchester Children's Museum (only a 1 hr drive).  The museum front and inside isn't very impressive...kind of old and run-down, but the kids had a blast.  My favorite part was an apple station that had a conveyer belt, rope pully, and all sorts of buckets and ramps.  The babies loved a series of tables that had different manipulatives.

 

  

  

A little nap after a hard days work!